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Jeremy Beecham While David Cameron launches his oft-delayed green paper on localism today, Tory councillors up and down the country will be putting finishing touches to their annual budgets, spurred on by this piece on ConservativeHome. The…
By Ed Balls My message to David Cameron is: wake up to what's happening in the world. Do you understand the reality of this global financial crisis? And if you do, then why aren't you backing our action to get us through these difficult…
By James Purnell Today's unemployment figures are bad. We will never forget that behind the statistics that will be banded around, the media today are real people. We will not repeat the mistakes of the 80s and early 90s and will never say…
From LabourList Ed Balls has been in the news today talking about the depth of the recession and what needs to be done to counter it. On Saturday he highlighted the stark difference between Gordon Brown and Alistair Darling's action to…
By Liam Byrne Here is the transcript of a speech I gave yesterday. It's said that politics in the information age demands, above all, definition. Clarity about where you stand. Hard edges so the public can see you amidst the maelstrom of…
By Ken Livingstone Labour's progress in the polls during the autumn of last year was directly linked to the sense that of the two main parties, Labour was proposing - and carrying out - policies to address the economic crisis, whereas the…
By Hazel Blears Millions of people in Britain are worried about the recession and way it will affect them and their families. Many thousands have lost their jobs, and many more face the prospect of redundancy. Everyone understands that the…
From LabourList Today's speech from the Prime Minister to the New Local Government Network was an excellent one, particularly as it laid bare the differences between the government's approach to localism and that of the Conservatives. The…
By Stella Creasy Much as we wish otherwise, the pace of social change can be agonising slow. Consequently in the daily free for all of contemporary politics, it can be hard to talk about how different Britain is since 1997 without sounding…
By Kevin Cochrane As a former Chairman of a Labour Constituency I'm dismayed at the lack of fight that is currently being displayed by Cabinet members. The prospect of a Cameron Government in the current economic climate should be…
Prime Minister Gordon Brown has told the House of Commons that David Cameron's approach to the global economic downturn is to do nothing but talk Britain down. The world is facing a set of unprecedented economic challenges which demand new…
By Conor McGinn By 2011, England will be the only part of the UK to still have prescription charges following the decisions of the devolved administrations in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland to abolish the fees. There is a clear and…
